╔═════════════════╗
𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝟕
╚═════════════════╝
Sitting on the cold floor (Y/n)'s face burned hotter than the sunlight on her skin, and her (H/c) hair swayed with the wind, The Straw Hat was close to her chest as she held it tightly, Her ears could pick up the sounds of complaints from Nami and Buggy as they argued loudly
"Your treasure?!" Half of Buggy's body was lying on the ground while the other one was beside Luffy, The clown's face was burning red in anger.
"Duh!" The navigator was holding a bag full of treasure over her left shoulder "I'm a thief who only steals from pirates!" She showed him her closed fist while towering over him "Which means this treasure is now mine"
"Ah, I see," Luffy said, He was a bit further away from the commotion, His leg now on the ground after kicking Buggy in his privet part
"Nonsense!" Buggy shouted his eyes turning white from rage "That's, MY TREASURE!" He screamed, his teeth turning sharp resembling a devil "Do you think stealing it, MAKES IT YOURS?!" Nami looked down at him with a glare "Honestly! What kind of upbringing did you have?!"
"A criminal trying to lecture another criminal?" Raising her eyebrow at him Nami scuffed "Ridiculous" She turned her head away from him
"WHAT"
Turning back to him, she smiled "I haven't fallen so low that I need to be corrected by pirates!" She smirked while sticking out her tonnage
"I hope you're ready to face the consequences, Nami..." The clown gritted his teeth "Chop-Chop..." His upper body started to float up a bit
"Huh?" Luffy turned around to see Buggy's lower body start to move as well
"...FESTIVAL" The clown's whole body was divided into smaller parts and all of them flew at Nami "Just try to help your friend, If you can!" Buggy smirked while looking at Luffy from over his shoulder
"Damn, He broke into even more parts!" The Straw Hat was about to run into action when his eyes landed on something "Hm?" On the ground were two pairs of feet slowly walking toward their owner "What the-"
"DIE" Buggy shouted at Nami, Both hands were floating in the air with knives in them "Haha" He laughed at Nami's screams as she clung to the bag
"I told you..." Running toward the clown Luffy shouted at the top of his lungs "You're dealing, WITH ME" Jumping upwards, The Straw Hat swung his leg at Buggy hitting his square in the face over Nami's body who crouched in fear
Smashing onto the bag Buggy accidentally ripped it open as all of his, well now Nami's treasures went crashing to the ground.
"Consider that finishing move a kick from the old Mayor guy!" Smiled the Captain, Buggy was lying on the ground unconscious with all of his remaining body parts falling onto the ground one after another.
Nami's eyes widened, Sweat rolling down her face "T-Thanks, I owe you one"
"Yeah! No problem!" There was a moment of silence as the two looked at one another
"My tressure-"
"Oh yeah! The map-"
"This isn't over yet!" Buggy was flowing in the air, His orange jacket was like a cape making him a lot scarier and larger "Straw Hat..."
"He's still alive!" Luffy looked at him surprised
"SHUT UP" Nami stood there in shock as she slowly moved backward "How dare you flashily do this to me?!" Finally, the Navigator ran off "YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS" His face was red just like his nose "Assemble! Chop-Chop Parts!"
"Huh?" Luffy looked at Buggy confused, He did assemble... But a lot smaller, he was clearly missing some body parts, Or you know... Most of his body parts
"Looking for these?" The remaining of the clown's body parts were tied up together by the ginger who smirked from ear to ear
"And I thought I wouldn't have to step in..." Muttered (Y/n) as she caught one of the flying body parts that tried to escape Nami "This is getting tiring" She muttered, On top of her head rested the Straw Hat.
"MY PARTS"
"Haha" Luffy laughed, Stretching his hands back he continued laughing "Way to go, Thief, (Y/n)!"
"S-Stop!" Buggy managed to shout as if his voice was previously stuck in his throat.
"Go flying, Buggy!" Smiling Luffy looked straight up at the older male "Gum-Gum..." His hands flew in behind him reminding (Y/n) of how he beat Alvida "...BAZOOKA"
Before the clown could comprehend the situation he was sent flying through the air at such high speed that all he heard was whistling in his ears from the passing wind.
The hands returned to their human length as a smile appeared on Luffy's face "I win!" He cheered like a child
"Hey! Captain Buggy went flying!" One of the Pirates said It was the same Pirate that was lying in the pile of the broken building
"W-What do we do now?!" The second one whisper-shouted in fear
Similarly, the two lowered their heads "Act unconscious for now!"
"Good idea!"
"Well" Looking at the ground Luffy had a small smile, (Y/n) looked at him in worry while slowly taking off the Straw Hat, It didn't have the three slits in it anymore seeing as she stitched them up, but there were still noticeable marks "At least I sent Buggy flying" He looked into the sky with his hands on his hips "I'm satisfied" He quietly said, Probably still thinking that the hat was damaged.
"Hey! Luffy!" (Y/n) called to the male while waving her hand at him, The other held the Straw Hat to her chest.
"Eh? What?" Luffy turned around confused, He was looking for a bit at (Y/n), his face was calm, even sad making the (H/c) frown a bit
"Here" She walked towards him "I fixed it, Don't damage it too much..." She gently placed the hat on top of his head with a thud while he stared down at her "I can't possibly fix it every time!" She said with a small teasing smile
"Huh?" He took the hat off his head and looked at it, His surprised expression turned into a huge smile "Thanks (Y/n)!" He laughed while hugging the girl
Hand wrapping around her waist and another one around her neck, Both of them pulled the (H/c) impossibly closer, So close it's like their bodies connected into one...
"Here" Nami called from behind (Y/n), The (H/c)'s Captain looked over her shoulder to see Nami "I split it into two bags, So carry half of it" She instructed, The navigator's eyes twitched a bit when she noticed the male not letting go of the hug and just continued to stare at her "It's too heavy for me"
"I can carry it" (Y/n) turned around while still being in Luffy's grip "It's no trouble," She said while giving a closed eye smile. Wanting to take the heavy bag from Nami the (H/c) attempted to take a step forward and I say attempted because...
"That sure is a lot!" The Straw Hat said in amazement while looking at Nami, One of his hands around (Y/n)'s shoulder while the other was around her waist, Gripping tightly while smiling from ear to ear
"If anything Buggy does know quality treasure when he sees it!" Nami cooed the treasure while holding one of the bags to her cheek with adoration "All this should go for no less than ten million Berries!"
"T-Ten million?" (Y/n) looked at her friend surprised "The only times I've seen you so happy is when we stole five million" Chuckled the (H/c)
"Well it was a big deal"
"(Y/n)! (Y/n)!" Certain ginger called to the (H/c).
"What is it? Nami?" Sitting on a small boat the two talked, (Y/n)'s hair was a lot shorter, Her eyes bigger and she herself was younger...
"Look!" Nami's eyes were sparkling and a huge smile was plastered on her face, Her small hands held a big bag "How much do you think is in here?"
"Hm..." Going deep in thought the Marine took a sip from her drink while leaning on the inside of Nami's boat "Maybe around... Three hundred?" She raised her eyebrow not being sure of her answer "But it's better to check"
The moon shone on a small boat, Sweat rolled down the girl's foreheads, (Y/n) was wearing a normal Marine uniform which a regular chore boy would wear, Her eyes had eye bags under them but a smile was present.
Nami on the other hand had a few scratches and bruises, A blue colored tattoo on her left shoulder. Her eyes were in a trance as she counted the coins, Not leaving even one uncounted...
Stealing this money from the Marines was like a piece of cake to (Y/n) as she took another sip of her drink, Her thirteen-year-old body was perfect for things like these, Nobody suspected kids nowadays
On the other hand, Nami was fourteen years old, a Smirk on her face as a mischievous glint in her eyes didn't flatter...
"F-F-Five..." Nami started suturing, Hands shaking as more sweat rolled down her forehead "F-Five..." She continued
"Come on" Groaned the (H/c) while running a hand through her hair "Five? Are you saying it's only five hundred?" She raised her eyebrow, While taking yet another sip of her drink.
"FIVE MILLION!" Nami finally said
Everything stopped, The two didn't move... Their bodies complelty stopped working and the two would have stayed like that longer if it weren't for (Y/n) "Pfft" Spitting out her drink it went all over Nami "FIVE MILLION?!" She screamed in shock
"FIVE MILLION" Nami screamed, Completly not caring that she was soaking wet from the drink
"FIVE MILLION?!"
"FIVE MILLION!"
"Here you go" Offering the ex-Marine a piece of paper (Y/n) looked at her with a confused face
"Eh?" Luffy raised his eyebrow while looking over the (H/c)'s shoulder
"It's the chart of the Grand Line" She explained while dropping it into (Y/n)'s open palms "Didn't you want it?"
"You're giving it to us?" Luffy looked at the Navigator confused but also excited
"You did save me"
"Thanks! Nami!" He then looked at her hopefully "Does that mean you'll join our crew?"
"I told you" The ginger placed her hands on her hips "I'm never gonna join the pirate crew!" She then moved her eyes to (Y/n)'s pleading once while holding her hands together
"Please, Nami~" (Y/n) whined
"Alright, Alright" Her cheeks tinted red while waving her hand at the two "Staying with you guys seems profitable enough-" She smirked at them "-But I'm only teaming up with you, Just so you know!" She said while looking at Luffy "Always remember that"
"Yeah!" The Straw Hat gave a closed eye smile
"Finally!" (Y/n) smiled while jumping on Nami to give her a tight hug
. . .
"Hey! Zoro!" Luffy called to his subordinate "Wake up! Zoro!" Crouching in front of the male the Straw Hat patted his head "Were going!"
"Don't hit him so hard" (Y/n) scolded the male "You can't just beat somebody into waking up"
"Did we take care of everything?" Groaned the Swordsman while sitting up, His eyes opening up a bit just to look around
"Yeah!" Said Luffy excitedly "We also got the map and a Navigator" He then pointed at Nami with a huge smile
"Isn't it cool?" (Y/n) asked, While placing her hands around Nami.
Looking up Zoro glared at the new Navigator who glared back, Nami then smirked as she placed her hands around (Y/n)'s waist, Pulling her closer.
"No good... Out of blood" The Swordsman placed a hand over his face with a groan "I don't think I can walk" Quickly becoming worried (Y/n) let go of Nami as she quickly crouched down in front of her crewmate
"I told you to be careful..." The (H/c) placed her hand on Zoro's shoulder while her eyes stared at the wound "Yet, you still fought him..." She closed her eyes while shaking her head
Placing his hands around the same waist Nami held before, the Swordsman smirked while glancing at the Navigator whose hands were formed into fists
"I wonder if the Mayors alright" (Y/n) stood up, A little bit away from them laid the elder man still unconscious, His glasses completely shattered.
"You're right" Luffy turned to look at the Mayor as well "He's still sleeping through," He said while tilting his head to the side
"I wonder why!" (Y/n) pinched the bridge of her nose "Next time don't knock out people," She said
"You three are monsters..." Nami muttered from behind (Y/n)
"Huh?" The Straw Hat raised his eyebrow confused "Why?"
"Nobody should survive what you did!"
"You, There!" Came a voice to with all four stopped bickering between one another "Are you, outsiders?"
"Yeah," Luffy said, He looked at the people confused "Who are you?"
"We're the town's citizens!" Explained the same man, Behind him stood many people, They all held some sort of weapon in hand "Did the Pirates have a falling out or something?" He asked concerned "If you know anything, Please tell us!"
"Oh, It's just citizen," Nami said with a sigh of relief "I thought they were more of the Pirates..."
"Oh, Mayor!" Shouted another citizen as he noticed the elder man
"Oh no! Say something!"
"Hey! Mayor!"
"He's out cold!"
"The Pirates definitely did this!"
"How horrible!"
'Maybe we should leave...' Thought the (H/c) while slowly tip-toping away
"Sorry I kicked the old man's ass!" Luffy said without shame
The crouching people around the Mayor suddenly turned to Luffy with glares, Their faces were covered by shadows with anger flowing through their veins
"WHAT?!"
"Hold on!" Nami grabbed Luffy by the shoulder while standing behind him "You don't need to tell them that!"
"You saw it." He turned toward (Y/n) and Nami
"Yeah, But you had a reason!" The (H/c) tried to reason "They won- Eh!" (Y/n) shirked in fear as all of the citizens stood in front of them with sticks, swords, and axes in their hands.
"Why did you guys do this to OUR MAYOR?!"
"Don't give us your excuses!"
"Who are you?!"
"Are you with those Pirates?!"
'They're bloodthirsty...' Nami's sweat dropped while looking at them 'If we accidentally say we're thieves or pirates...'
"We're Pirates," The Straw Hat said once again, Falling to her knees (Y/n) started crying mentally...
'Now we're done for sure...' The (H/c) cried
"JUST AS WE THOUGHT"
"Haha" Zoro laughed while gripping his side and patting (Y/n) on her back
"YOU IDIOT!" Nami shouted at Luffy who in return looked at her confused
"It's the truth!"
"Pirates?!" The clear leader of the citizen spoke once again "How dare you ravage OUR TOWN?!"
"We won't show you mercy just cause you're kids!"
"What now?" The Straw Hat crouched in front of (Y/n) and Zoro as the Swordsman spoke "Doesn't look like they'll hear us out"
"We're so done" (Y/n) muttered with her head tilted to the ground
"RUN" Suddenly Luffy picked up Zoro and placed him under his armpit while his right hand went around the (H/c), Throwing her over his shoulder with his hand resting on the back of her knees he ran with a huge smile on his face.
"THERE'S NO ESCAPE"
"HOW DARE YOU HURT OUR BELOVED MAYOR?!"
The people ran after the four with anger as they threatened them with their weapons, Nami's hands were full with the two bags of treasure as she tried to run faster
"Ugh, Why did you make this WORSE?!" She shouted at Luffy
"This is a good town" Laughed the male, His giggles sent vibrations through his body making (Y/n) feel his shoulders moving up and down
"What do you mean?" (Y/n) lifted her eyebrow with her hands resting on the back of his shoulder while trying to keep herself upwards instead of lying like a sack of potatoes.
"Everyones so mad-" The Straw Hat smiled up at the (H/c) while looking over his shoulder at her "-I think they'd get mad at any excuse we give!" He then turned back around with a closed eye smile
"That's..." Looking up (Y/n) glanced at the citizens who were all so mad, her eyes trailed to the ground "...Sweet" She muttered with a small smile
'I wish someday' Her (H/c) hair flew with the wind as a small smile was still present 'Someone would feel this way about me...'
"We're turning here!" The Straw Hat took a sharp turn to the right making (Y/n) grip him tighter
"H-Hold on!" Nami passed the turn but quickly caught up to the three "Don't say that so suddenly!"
"You gotta give a warning, Luffy!" (Y/n) said to her Captain "Huh?" In the middle of an alleyway sat Chouchou, He had a few bandages and sticking his tonnage out
"Chouchou?" Nami looked confused as she ran past the animal
"Dog!" The Straw Hat looked at him from over its shoulder
"H-Hey! Move, Chouchou, Hey!" The villagers tried to reason with the dog who was barking at them
"Those guys are bad Pirates!" The other one said, All of them stopped in front of the dog, not daring to pass
"You're barking at the wrong people!"
But Chouchou just continued barking
"Why are you getting in the way?!"
"Chouchou! Let us through!"
"Chouchou!"
Looking over his shoulder and in between (Y/n)'s body, Luffy looked at Chouchou who continued barking at his citizen, A smirk came across his face as he closed his eyes with a laugh.
"Later, Dog!"
. . .
"That was scary," Nami said with a sigh "We managed to escape thanks to Chouchou!" She then looked at Luffy's back in anger "Why do we have to put up with this?"
"Does it matter?" The Swordsman asked, He was still held by the Straw Hat and his head tilted down "We're done here anyway..."
"But still" (Y/n) looked up at Nami, She was also still held by Luffy over his shoulder "I would like to leave peacefully... And not almost murdered on sight" She groaned
"Hey, Is that your boat?" The Captain asked Nami "It's great!"
"I don't think it's so great..." The ginger placed her hands on her hips "I stole it from some idiot Pirates"
"That's a big mouth you got!" A voice shouted, it was awfully familiar, too familiar to (Y/n)'s liking...
"Been waiting for ya!" Another one said, Lowering her head down (Y/n)'s (H/c) hair fell over her face "Thief girl!"
"Never thought you'd run into us here, Didja?!" Another one licked his knife with a grin
"You know them?" The Straw Hat asked while looking at Nami with a confused smile
"Yeah..." She trailed off "Sort of..." She gave (Y/n) a sheepish grin
"What do you mean sort of..." The (H/c) looked at her as if she was hiding something
"Not sort of!" By the sounds of nearing footsteps (Y/n) could hear one of the Pirates stand in front of Luffy "We're bound by fate!" He then turned to Nami "So you had friends, huh? Guess we'll have to punish you, too!" Luffy turned away from (Y/n) and looked at the pirate "You're gonna learn how bad it is to steal other people's stuff!"
Suddenly the (H/c) felt a hand touch the top of her head roughly "Hey, You! Quit ignoring me" He tightened his grip on (Y/n)'s locks making her turn to look at him
"Oh..." The ex-Marines confused face turned into a glare "...It's you"
"Is there a problem?" Luffy's eyes shone from under his Straw Hat
"Hey." Suddenly waking up from his nap Zoro snapped his hand to grab onto the Pirate's wrist which held (Y/n)'s hair "Let go. Would ya?!"
"AAAAAHHHHH"
. . .
"Alright! Let's get going!"
The boats were swimming next to one another, One of them had a white flag while the other one was black with a skull, And on it was a red nose.
"Isn't that Buggy's mark on your sail there?" Asked the Swordsman, looking over his shoulder at Nami who stood on the boat, Besides him crouched (Y/n) while tending his wounds "Ouch" He muttered at how tightly (Y/n) wrapped the bandages
"Sorry" She mumbled, Not looking up at Zoro while still being in some sort of zone
"This is his boat" The Navigator shook her shoulder "I'll get rid of it sometime..."
"Sure" (Y/n) laughed to herself "Knowing you, You'll just keep it for protection from other Pirates"
"And what's so bad about it?" She asked with a teasing grin
"Hey! Wait! YOUNGSTERS!" Shouted the Mayor, Turning to look back (Y/n) the girl's eyes widened when she saw him back at the docks.
"The old Mayor guy?" The Straw Hat looked confused
Breathing heavily the Mayor's eyes were closed while sweat ran down his forehead
'I was ready to die...' Everyone looked at him confused, Waiting for him to speak 'I was ready to die, Filled with despair!'
Looking up, He had fat tears running down the sides of his head while having a huge smile on his face "Thanks! WE'RE IN YOUR DEBT!"
The boats got further and further away as Luffy shouted at the top of his lungs "Don't worry about it! TAKE IT EASY"
'Damn you youngsters' Thought the elder man with tears in his eyes
"I have no words..." Seeing something from the corner of his eyes the Mayor turned around "Huh?" There was a bag sitting there, a pretty big one...
"WHAT?!" Nami gripped Luffy's collar from her own boat "You left one of the TRESSURE BAGS?!"
"Yeah" He looked at her confused
"Just one is worth five million Berries, YOU KNOW"
"But they need the money to fix their destroyed town, Right?"
"THAT WAS MY TRESSURE" She glared at him while pulling him closer "Do you know how much I suffered trying to steal it?!" She then pushed him down into the water while gripping his head "WHY DID YOU DO THAT?!"
"Stop! I CAN'T SWIM"
"THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT"
"H-Hey!" (Y/n) tried to stop the two as she pulled Luffy backward into the deck by the shoulder "Let's not kill each other..."
"It's not like he'll die" Muttered the ginger while crossing her arms "All of you are monsters it's like you have ten lives..."
"I assure you, I have one" The (H/c) chuckled at Nami
"Well for better or for worse..." Zoro looked up at the sky, Hands behind his head with a small smile "Looks like a Navigator's joined our journey."
"I think it's for worse" (Y/n) smiled "Ow... That hurt..."